Classmates

The most important part of this effort is to reconnect with friends in the great class of 1966. As Baby Boomers, think about what we’ve experienced, from learning cursive with cartridge pens to posting Instagram images with our smart phones; from learning about JFK’s assassination during the school day to watching the Twin Towers fall on 9/11; and for many of us, going from worrying about prom dates to welcoming grandchildren into our lives. It’s an amazing time to be living! Let’s celebrate and share. 

 

Please complete your profile here. 

 

Your contact information will be hidden, and secure. This website is maintained by our committee, not an outside commercial outfit. It will only be used with your permission for the 50th Reunion Book we will put together for attendees of the 50th Reunion.Those who are unable to attend the Reunion in the spring of 2016 will be able to order the Reunion Book.

 

Please post your bio and comments. Confirm your name, add your memories, observations, and reflections. Upload a recent picture. With your permission, these will be included in the 50th reunion memory book. THINK BACK and share your thoughts about last 50 years: high school, friends, the '60s, family, growing up in Bethesda. Have fun with this! Also, take a look at the “High School Life” section. We’d love to use those in our class book as well. It’s easy to upload and caption them. 

 

Use the "send a message" feature to contact friends, and your email will appear for them to respond. HAVE FUN RECONNECTING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS!

Please note: the reunion committee reserves the option to edit or revise entries for spelling, grammar, and length. 

Suzanne Goss

Then Then

Barbara Gould

Then Then

Susan Grady (Simmons)

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 2
Occupation: Registered Nurse

Edward Graeff

Then Then
Now Now
Comment:

After graduating from WJ, I went on to MJC, then U of MD, & the U of MD College, for Business and Management, all the while working in Safeway stores to pay for my college. I retired having a great 47-year career with Safeway, first 13 years in the stores; the rest in construction management, and managed building 20 new stores, 10 store expansions, and 100s of remodels. I was lucky enough to meet Jan and we continue to share our lives together, now both retired visiting with our ever growing family, friends, and visiting everyone as often as possible. We love our homes and traveling together with family and friends, seeing new places.





 

Sharon Graham (Graham)

Then Then
Marital status: Divorced
Children: 3
Occupation: Chaplain
Comment: After graduating from Walter Johnson I attended the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA where I met and married my husband Tom a Congregationalist UCC minister and the son of a minister.  We went off to Andover Newton Theological School in Newton MA after graduation from college with our first born daughter.  Two more children followed - a daughter and a son.  We enjoyed congregational ministries in churches in Massachusetts for the next several years.  During this time I went back to Andover Newton to pursue a Master of Divinity graduating in 1991.  My husband and I separated and divorced during this period.  I was called to minister to the sick at Georgetown University Hospital in 1999 and have been happily working there since.  My ministry focuses on spiritual and emotional care of children and their families during their time at the hospital.  I am a member of Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ in Bethesda Maryland where I was ordained. 

W. Steven Graham

Then Then
Now Now
Occupation: Free Lance Art Director
Comment: To my surprise I tried to retire after 40 years as a free lance art director in the entertainment business but I found that I missed the day to day collaboration of work and now I am back taking small projects to stay busy.     After a BFA from Carnegie - Mellon University and a MFA from Yale School of Drama and 3 years in the US Army, I went to work in New York City working in the professional theater and free lancing for different design projects. I had a chance to assist on a number of Broadway shows and set design plays for the regional theater. I assisted on the Chinese Court Garden at the Metropolitan Museum.    By chance I landed a job in the motion picture business in 1979 and have worked 35 years in that field. I have had the luck to work in the art departments for 12 nominated films and have been a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures since 1993.     Much of my life has been spent traveling for my work and have worked on location as Art Director in many states all over America and in a number of foreign countries. I have had to pleasure to work with many talented directors and production designers I enjoy what I do.    I have lived in New York City since graduation and delight in the offerings of living there.    I took up genealogy after the death of my parents and find it fascinating to research all the families that make up my tree. Its been very interesting to discover what your roots are - several very surprising.    The last film project I worked on comes out September 2015 called “The Intern” starring Anne Hathaway and Robert DeNiro. I have been scouting for a English film, set in New York in the 1920s.       My best wishes to everyone. Life has been good and interesting.

Mary Grant (Pratt)

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 2
Occupation: retired; volunteer
Comment:

After WJ, I attended Smith College where I majored in history. On-campus research there led me to a PhD in U.S. History at GWU. That launched a very happy 40-year career educating girls and young women at National Cathedral School, Springside School in Phila., The Ellis School in Pittsburgh, and at Miss Hall's School in the Berkshires. Whether in the classroom or in the Head of School office, I had a wonderful time.





Richard and I are now retired and living in Center City Phila. during the cooler months and on Cape Cod in the warmer months. Our daughter and her husband live in Kansas City, MO where they are enjoying the city's renaissance. Son Tom and his wife live with their 4 boys (10 and under) in a high-energy (that means a lot of Legos, soccer stuff, and noise) household in the Boston area. 





I decided that I was the kind of person who needs a project to be happy, so I am raising money for Smith through my class, and I serve as a Trustee at Rocky Hill School in Rhode Island. I feel honored to be giving back via the skills that I earned through experience. And we love to travel, having discovered the joys of cruising. (Also, I read for pleasure every day--a luxury I never thought I would have during those decades of 70-hour weeks I was complaining to my sister (Janet Pratt WJ 71) about the fact that I win the prize for most wrinkles among friends and family. She said: "Mary, those aren't wrinkles. It's just skin, badly folded." Perhaps it is, but the folds are from smiling, and I am grateful for an interesting and happy life. My WJ friends are part of the foundation of this blessing, and I am grateful to all of them for lessons large and small.





 

Robert Gray

Then Then

Donnette Green

Then Then

Robert Green

Then Then